Saturday, November 01, 2008

NaNoWriMo Begins...

I'm proud of myself. I've written around 3,000 words today--most of them between 11-1 at Barnes & Noble for our official kickoff for National Novel Writing Month. I've never been a participant before, but it seems like a fun way to force myself to write. Now, if I can just find two hours a day to add to this novel, I'll have my projected 50,000 words by Nov. 30.

I read a blog today that suggested the best way to get 2,000 words a day is to write 500 words four times a day. I think I can do the morning thing if I get up early enough, or if I just take two hours after I get home from school. But, if I can't find a two-hour chunk of time, thirty minutes four times a day is doable, I think. I just need to plan well. I have a feeling, though, that I'll be doing most of this in the wee hours of the morning when I should be sleeping! So, if I'm dragging myself around during the day, that's why. But I'll try not to let it interfere with grading my papers or being perky in class.

I don't anticipate that this will go anywhere, but anything that helps me write more is good. I teach writing, but seldom have time or energy to do it. I just need to make the time because its important to my creative self.

I'll keep you posted on my success or failure. Either way, just attempting it is good.

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About Me

I am an instructor at a local college where I teach freshman comp (rhetoric and literature), advanced compostion/creative nonfiction, Intro to Fiction, and Writing in the Humanities. I've also taught technical writing.
"My business is circumference."
Emily Dickinson in a letter to T. W. Higginson, July 1862.